Composition for preserving canvas



Lake and State of UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. NETHERCOTT, 0F SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

COMPOSITION FOR PBESERVING CANVAS.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES J. Nnrnnncom, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Salt Lake City in the county of Salt lltah, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Composition forPreserving Canvas, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of the present invention are to treat leather, upholstering,linoleum, oil

cloth, (longoleum, fluid carrying hose, cement and water bags and otherlike articles with my composition to render the articles waterproof andpliable and to preserve the fabric on which rubberand other compositionsare carried to make hose, linoleum, Cong'oleum and oil cloth.

My composition consists of the following ingredients combined in theproportion stated, viz:

Five quarts of good quality varnish commonly used for outside purposes.

Three quarts of a sizing I herein call Japan sizing and which is acombination of equal parts of coach japan and Japan gold sizing. Thecoach japan is a composition of manganese oxid, linseed oil and naphthaand the Japan gold sizing is a composition of fossil gums, rosin,linseed oil, naphtha and manganese oxid;

Twenty-five ounces of beeswax;

Twenty-five ounces of glycerin;

Ten ounces'of eucal ptus oil;

Two gallons of a thinner such as turpentine or gasolene.

varnish for outside use, three quarts -of' spar varnish, one andone-half quarts of pale coach japan and one and one-half quarts Japangold sizing, twenty-five ounces glycerin and ten ounces eucalyptus oil.I

then shave into thin strips or small particles twenty-five ounces ofbeeswax which is to be added to the above liquids when the wax ismelted, or it may be. done by heating the wax and all of the otheringredients in the same vessel than placing the vessel in which they areto be mixed in hot or boiling water, but not over a direct fire untilthe wax is melted. When this mixture is cooled to lukewarm condition addthe thinner of two allons of turpentine or. two gallons of gasoene andthoroughly agitate.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, ounces of, melted beeswax,

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed June 30, 1919. Serial No. 307,801.

By using my composition I am able to treat leather, upholstering,linoleum, oilcloth, Congoleum, rubber and cotton hose, canvas, cementand water bags and shoes or rubber boots for use in Water, rendering theleather, shoes, rubber boots, cement sacks and water bags waterproof,and by treating the linoleum, oil cloth and Congoleum with mycomposition I render them as well as the other articles just, mentionedpliable and also preserve the fabric on which the hose, rubber boots,linoleum, oil cloth and Congoleum is carried.

In applying my composition to hose, or rubber goods I allow the articlesto stand or be'soaked therein for thirty minutes and in treating canvasand other fabrics to render it waterproof I apply the mingledingredieiits with a brush giving it one coat and then after said coathas dried, which will be in about six hours, I apply another coat andallow it to dry without rubbing either coat. I advise the thoroughagitation of thecompound before use in order to avoid any tendency ofthe solids to settle in the bottom of the container, however theglycerin content will preserve the solids in a fluid and plasticcondition.

I thus provide a new and novel preservative and waterproof forcementsacks, water bags, linoleum, oil cloth, Congoleum, hose andleather made into boots or shoes to render them waterproof and pliable.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patentand claim:

1. Awvaterproofing composition consisting of five quarts of good qualityvarnish, three quarts Japan sizing, twenty-five ounces beeswax,twenty-five ounces glycerin, tenounces of eucalyptus oil and two gallonsof a thinner.

2. A waterproofing composition consisting of two quarts .of 1i htcolored durable varnish, three quarts 0 spar varnish, one and one-halfquarts of coach japan, one and one-half quarts of Japan sizing,twenty-five twenty-five ounces of glycerin, ten ounces of eucalyptus oiland two gallons of turpentine. r

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

